Latif Bolat

Specializing in Turkish mystic devotional music, Latif Bolat has earned audience accolades worldwide and received awards from the European Union, California Arts Council, and the Turkish Ministry of Culture. “His walnut-hued voice rolls without effort” (San Francisco Weekly) mezmerizing audiences while he accompanies himself on the traditional baglama (a long-necked lute). Turkish devotional poetry from the 13th-century mystic Rumi, as well as later Sufi writers, is woven throughout the program, which invites audiences to reflect on how major sociopolitical factors influence culture and the art it produces.

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